Switzerland

Soon we will be living here in Zurich, so we thought it might be a solid idea to check it out. Switzerland is quite a place. This should be an amazing experience.

More photos

Trying out the macro

Stella the pug

Taking a few test photos with the new lens. I liked most everything about the Canon 85mm, except the 3 feet away needed to focus. So I traded it for the 100mm macro.

Testing out the 85mm

From misc

Landscaping

We've finally transformed the weedy, dirt patch side of our yard into the beginnings of a low maintenance privacy screen. It should look great in a few years, just about the time we will likely want to move, right?

I have no real expertise in landscape design, but it's a fun learning. Except I could do without it being 10,000º (or 100º F) outside in the sun.

View from the street


View from the sidewalk


View from the front door


Ingredients:

• Excavate 300 square feet of weeds
• Pull up 1000 feet of tangled bindweed roots (5-10' each)
  
• 1 cubic yard of locally recovered topsoil
• 1 cubic yard compost
• 350 sq ft of water-permeable weed barrier
  
• 1402 lbs of Oklahoma red limestone (actually orange)
• 1250 lbs of decomposed granite
• 1/2 cubic yard of recycled mulch

(Mostly) Native Plants:

• 4 Yaupon Holly
  
• 2 Wax Myrtle
  
• 1 Texas Mountain Laurel
  
• 1 Texas Sage
  
• 1 Desert Spoon Sotol
  
• 1 Spineless Prickly Pear Cactus
  
• 3 Star Jasmine
  
• 1 Texas Wisteria
  
• 3 Big Muhly Grass